PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eskobar Andersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mayuri Tatsuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatsuki has chosen Norther - Released as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Eskobar Andersson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Andersson
vs
Tatsuki

182 cm
25
167 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

170 cm
28
166 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eskobar Andersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mayuri Tatsuki!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Andersson.
Andersson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Andersson thuds a left hand into Tatsuki's body.
Tatsuki scores with a jab to the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Tatsuki as he connects with a hook.
Andersson misses with a series of wild punches.
Andersson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Tatsuki drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tatsuki slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Andersson keeping moving, preventing Tatsuki from controlling successfully.
Tatsuki looking to sit in guard and control but Andersson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Andersson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
No joy there for Tatsuki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Andersson scores with a spinning back kick!
Andersson wants to clinch.
Tatsuki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tatsuki checks a low kick from Andersson.
Tatsuki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Andersson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tatsuki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Andersson looks to clinch
and Tatsuki counters with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tatsuki tries to move into range but Andersson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tatsuki lands a jab-cross combination.
Tatsuki feints and then cracks Andersson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Andersson down.
Tatsuki moves out of range of the body kick.
Andersson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andersson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tatsuki tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Andersson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tatsuki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tatsuki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Andersson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tatsuki swats away the attempt to clinch by Andersson.
Tatsuki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Eskobar Andersson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuki thumps Andersson with a low kick.
Tatsuki moves out of range of the body kick.
Andersson closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Tatsuki counter with a right hand.
Tatsuki avoids the head kick by Andersson.
Tatsuki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tatsuki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tatsuki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tatsuki shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Andersson defends it nicely.
Andersson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tatsuki is able to avoid easily.
Andersson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A head kick misses from Andersson.
Tatsuki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuki throws the left hand but Andersson avoids the punch easily.
Nice takedown defense from Andersson. No joy for Tatsuki on that attempt.
Andersson staying out of range there.
Tatsuki moves out of range of the leg kick from Andersson.
Andersson thumps Tatsuki with a low kick.
Tatsuki tries to work over Andersson's front leg with a kick but Andersson checks it.
Tatsuki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Andersson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Andersson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tatsuki.
Tatsuki misses with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andersson misses with a body shot.
Tatsuki takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Andersson misses with a low kick as Tatsuki jumps back.
Andersson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tatsuki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Eskobar Andersson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Andersson scores with a three punch combo!
A shot to the body from Andersson misses
and Tatsuki counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tatsuki staying out of range there.
A head kick by Andersson misses
and Tatsuki counters with a stiff right hand.
Tatsuki catches Andersson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Andersson jabs Tatsuki right on the nose. Tatsuki blinks but takes it well.
A big left from Andersson misses.
Andersson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Andersson throws a shot from downtown. Tatsuki moves away and avoids it.
Andersson wants to clinch up but Tatsuki keeps it at a distance.
Andersson swinging wildly here.
Andersson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tatsuki scores with the left hand. Andersson knows he should have avoided that one.
Andersson throws a head kick but Tatsuki moves out of range.
Eskobar Andersson is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson lands with an overhand left.
A swing and a miss from Andersson.
Tatsuki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tatsuki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Andersson's hands.
Tatsuki takes a swing at Andersson's ribcage but misses.
Andersson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tatsuki with a jab.

Andersson is rocked!
Andersson drops his hands momentarily and Tatsuki needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Andersson just on the top of the head. Andersson drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Andersson - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mayuri Tatsuki!
Mayuri Tatsuki made sure to mention his sponsor, Reaper Combatwear in his post fight interview.